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Games like Free Stars: Children of Infinity

If Free Stars: Children of Infinity is your kind of game, the closest matches are Heretic + Hexen, Necromancers' Arena and The Henchmen — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Free Stars: Children of Infinity: Experience a stellar space adventure and the sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters. Travel through hyperspace, engage in fast-paced combat, discover weird worlds, and meet a unique cast of truly alien aliens as you uncover a mystery that threatens the galaxy.

2026ActionIndieAdventureRPGWindows · macOS · Linuxby Pistol Shrimp
Free Stars: Children of Infinity — Steam game cover

Players who liked Free Stars: Children of Infinity also play

Steam players who put hours into Free Stars: Children of Infinity also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. Heretic + Hexen

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Necromancers' Arena

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Enter the Necromancers' Arena with up to three other players in this cute, dystopian, twin-stick shooter!

    2023ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Henchmen

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Relive the ‘90s crime sandbox alone, or with a partner by your side. Prepare for a head on collision of the classic and the contemporary in The Henchmen - a chaotic, co-operative crime thriller.

    2026ActionIndieAdventure8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. BOXHEAD:Immortal

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    A zombie virus, brought to BOXHEAD World by a meteorite that fell unexpectedly, continues to turn people into the zombies. To survive in this purgatorial world, you must unleash every bullet into the hordes of the zombies and use any explosive objects to drench every inch of the land in blood.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Fightcore Forge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Confront opponents and friends as a training robot in a maze arena. Playable online or in local up to 6 player, have some fun driving around and shooting with the help of power-ups and strategy.

    2023ActionIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Perihelion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Master orbital combat and bend gravity to your advantage in this space combat roguelite. Launch from your carrier, tackle tactical missions, build crew relationships, and upgrade your ship between runs as you slowly unravel the mystery of a lost sister ship.

    2027ActionAdventureRPGSteam ↗
  7. Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Search for the legendary lost artifact Nienix through galaxies in conflict! An open world space action RPG adventure that can be played both alone and together!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Disjunction

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Free Stars: Children of Infinity fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.

    2021ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Looker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. UNBEATABLE [white label]

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    A young girl learns a song. An exclusive side-story set in the world of D-CELL GAMES' upcoming rhythm-adventure.

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Paper Lily - Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Paper Lily is an RPG horror game in which you can solve puzzles in different ways. Explore a hidden world, meet strange characters, and guide Lacie as she attempts to find answers about her unusual condition.

    2024IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. Heretic + Hexen

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Adventure with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Step into the definitive re-release of two dark spell-casting shooters that shaped the genre. This enhanced restoration makes Heretic™ + Hexen™ available to new audiences and long-time fans with expanded accessibility across more platforms and languages than ever before.

    2025ActionAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Nienix: Cosmic Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    Search for the legendary lost artifact Nienix through galaxies in conflict! An open world space action RPG adventure that can be played both alone and together!

    2023ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Disjunction

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

    In a city driven by corruption, three hardened citizens rise to uncover a conspiracy threatening its fate. Define your playstyle and engage in lethal high-octane combat, or keep out of sight in gripping stealth action.

    2021ActionIndieRPG15.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Free Stars: Children of Infinity

Does Free Stars: Children of Infinity have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Free Stars: Children of Infinity supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).
What games are most similar to Free Stars: Children of Infinity?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Free Stars: Children of Infinity are Heretic + Hexen, Necromancers' Arena, The Henchmen.
Who developed Free Stars: Children of Infinity?
Free Stars: Children of Infinity was developed by Pistol Shrimp.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Free Stars: Children of Infinity.

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